St Austell Gover (electoral division)

St Austell Gover
UK Parliament Constituency:		St Austell and Newquay
Ceremonial county:		Cornwall
Cornwall Councillors
Name	Party		Years
Sandra Heyward		Independent	2013-
Jenny Mason		Conservative	2009-2013

St Austell Gover is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Sandra Heyward, an Independent.^[1]

Extent

St Austell Gover covers the west side of St Austell and most of the town centre (some of which is covered by the Mount Charles division).^[2] The division covers 152 hectares in total.^[3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Austell Gover^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Heyward	390	35.2
	Conservative	Sunny Krishnan	309	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Styles	144	13.0
	Labour	Joey Bishop	125	11.3
	UKIP	David Mathews	76	6.9
	Green	Greg Matthews	57	5.1
Majority			81	7.3
Rejected ballots			8	0.7
Turnout			1109	34.3
	Independent hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Austell Gover^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Heyward	475	53.1
	Conservative	Jenny Stewart	290	32.4
	Labour	Ann Phillips	126	14.1
Majority			185	20.7
Rejected ballots			3	0.3
Turnout			894	26.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Austell Gover^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Mason	569	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Heyward	516	43.7
	Labour	Muriel Richardson	72	6.1
Majority			53	4.5
Rejected ballots			25	2.1
Turnout			1182	35.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Sandra Heyward". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Gover". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
4. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
6. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.